Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Parley, Dorset

West Parley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Dorset

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
JACOBS257.4405310.56
CUTLER205.9524478.47
LOCKYER185.3571700.39
REEKS154.46432,884.62
WARE133.8690235.51
FRAMPTON133.8690490.57
TRICKETT133.8690890.41
KING133.869017.75
DUGDALE102.9762432.90
STEELE92.6786100.11
REVEL92.67862,812.50
RANDELL72.0833333.33
FENTON72.0833104.32
WOOLFORD72.0833578.51
ANDREWS72.083321.75
PITTMAN72.0833853.66
GRIBBLE61.7857495.87
WILCOX61.785794.79
DOLMAN61.7857416.67
MILLER61.78579.98
HAMES61.7857631.58
DEW51.4881255.10
GOULD51.488141.19
HAYTER51.4881201.61
DIBBEN51.4881862.07
YEATMAN41.1905784.31
HEAD41.190548.90
STONE41.190516.47
LEGG41.190572.07
PIKE30.892930.71
TILLER30.8929337.08
JENNINGS30.892917.62
BLANDFORD30.8929272.73
STICKLAND30.8929217.39
HOLLOWAY20.595219.44
LOADER20.5952106.95
BAILEY20.59523.95
SPICER20.595244.25
DAVIS20.59522.71
FERRETT20.5952714.29
SAUNDERS10.29763.24
BEST10.297611.05
WILLIS10.29765.60
ALLEN10.29761.58
HASKELL10.2976116.28
BOYT10.2976333.33
PORTE10.29761,666.67
HARGRAVE10.297692.59
WARD10.29761.36
DEAN10.29764.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REEKS0.343362884.6154
REVEL0.343362812.5000
PORTE0.343361666.6667
FUGLER0.343361111.1111
TRICKETT0.34336890.4110
DIBBEN0.34336862.0690
PITTMAN0.34336853.6585
YEATMAN0.34336784.3137
FERRETT0.34336714.2857
LOCKYER0.34336700.3891
HAMES0.34336631.5789
WOOLFORD0.34336578.5124
GRIBBLE0.34336495.8678
FRAMPTON0.34336490.5660
CUTLER0.34336478.4689
DUGDALE0.34336432.9004
DOLMAN0.34336416.6667
TILLER0.34336337.0787
RANDELL0.34336333.3333
BOYT0.34336333.3333
JACOBS0.34336310.5590
BLANDFORD0.34336272.7273
DEW0.34336255.1020
WARE0.34336235.5072
STICKLAND0.34336217.3913
HAYTER0.34336201.6129
HASKELL0.34336116.2791
LOADER0.34336106.9519
CARNE0.34336106.3830
FENTON0.34336104.3219
STEELE0.34336100.1112
WILCOX0.3433694.7867
HARGRAVE0.3433692.5926
EARLY0.3433680.0000
LEGG0.3433672.0721
HEAD0.3433648.8998
CHALK0.3433645.0450
SPICER0.3433644.2478
GOULD0.3433641.1862
PIKE0.3433630.7062
ANDREWS0.3433621.7459
WARWICK0.3433621.5054
HOLLOWAY0.3433619.4363
KING0.3433617.7523
JENNINGS0.3433617.6160
STONE0.3433616.4677
BEST0.3433611.0497
MILLER0.343369.9800
WILLIS0.343365.5991
DEAN0.343364.2882

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 336 people called REEKS in West Parley at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2884.6154 in West Parley means that 2884.6154% of the people in West Parley on census day were called REEKS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REEKS in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called REEKS as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called REEKS here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called REEKS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in West Parley means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REEKS in West Parley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Parley in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (7)  BAILEY (2)  BEST (1)  BLANDFORD (3)  BOYT (1)  CARNE (1)  CHALK (1)  CHUDLEIGH (2)  CUTLER (20)  DAVIS (2)  DEAN (1)  DEW (5)  DIBBEN (5)  DOLMAN (6)  DUGDALE (10)  EARLY (1)  ELDON (2)  FENTON (7)  FERRETT (2)  FLIPPANT (1)  FORD (1)  FRAMPTON (13)  FUGLER (1)  GOULD (5)  GRIBBLE (6)  HAMES (6)  HARGRAVE (1)  HASKELL (1)  HATCHARD (8)  HAYTER (5)  HEAD (4)  HOLLOWAY (2)  JACOBS (25)  JENNINGS (3)  KING (13)  LARCOMBE (6)  LEGG (4)  LOCKYER (18)  LOADER (2)  MILLER (6)  PIKE (3)  PITTMAN (7)  PORTE (1)  RANDELL (7)  REEKS (15)  REVEL (9)  SAUNDERS (1)  SLOPER (2)  SPICER (2)  STAINER (13)  STEELE (9)  STONE (4)  STICKLAND (3)  TRICKETT (13)  TILLER (3)  WARD (1)  WARE (13)  WARWICK (1)  WILCOX (6)  WILLIS (1)  WOOLFORD (7)  YEATMAN (4)